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Why Chinese companies rush to buy Manhattan's commercial property

​Chinese investors' rapidly growing appetite for high-profile U.S. commercial properties has been highlighted as China's Anbang Insurance Group Co., the buyer of luxury hotel Waldorf Astoria, has agreed to buy 21 floors of an office building on the famed Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, recently.

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Why Chinese companies rush to buy Manhattan's commercial property

​Chinese investors' rapidly growing appetite for high-profile U.S. commercial properties has been highlighted as China's Anbang Insurance Group Co., the buyer of luxury hotel Waldorf Astoria, has agreed to buy 21 floors of an office building on the famed Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, recently.

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Car crashes outside Taiwan leader's office

A black sport utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into a security barrier outside the early on Monday, his office spokesperson Ma Wei-kuo said.

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Latest "Hunger Games" tops North American box office for third weekend

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1" is on track to become the second-highest-grossing movie of the year, as it topped the North American box office for the third consecutive weekend.

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China's Kingsoft a new challenger to global Office monopoly

Kingsoft, a Chinese software firm and currently the nation's largest provider of office software, is seeking to break the long held global monopoly of tech giants such as Microsoft and Google.

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China's film box office to hit 4.9 bln USD in 2014

The Chinese box office is expected to hit 30 billion yuan (4.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, according to China's film association.

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2 S. Koreans missing, 14 Chinese injured after boat collision off Thailand's Phuket

​Two South Koreans were missing and 14 Chinese injured after a speedboat and a long-tail boat collided off Phuket Island in Thailand on Sunday afternoon.

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Brad Pitt's "Fury" tops North American box office

"Fury" starring Brad Pitt usurped first place this weekend from the two-week box-office winner "Gone Girl."

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"Gone Girl" tops North American Box Office

"Gone Girl" took the first place at the North American box office in its debut during the weekend, earning 38 million U.S. dollars, according to the box office tracker website Rentrak.

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U.S. comedian Robin Williams dies from apparent suicide at 63

​U.S. Oscar-winning comedian Robin Williams died from an apparent suicide on Monday at his Northern California home.

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S. Korea to host special summit with ASEAN leaders in December

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will host a special summit with leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) later this year in the southern port city of Busan, president office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.

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China punishes 422 porn websites

China has investigated and punished 422 websites as part of a national crackdown on online pornography, the State Internet Information Office said Tuesday.

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More cinemas suspended for box office fraud

Seven Chinese cinemas have been banned from screening new movies due to cheating on box office figures, two Chinese film associations announced on Monday.

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Train service boosts China's exports to Europe

A cargo train connection between Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and Lodz in Poland has become a welcomed logistic route for China's trade with Europe after one year in operation.

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Box office shows appeal of art films

The box office success "Black Coal, Thin Ice" has raised cinemas' confidence in art films.

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11 killed in south China's clothing workshop fire

Eleven people were killed in a fire on Wednesday afternoon in a clothing workshop in south China's Guangdong Province.

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China cinemas suspended for box office fraud

Nine Chinese cinemas have been banned from screening new movies after they were found to have cheated in box office figures, according to two film associations.